But while the king personally was deeply steeped in Hellenic culture and a man of refined manners, many of the lords and dynasts of half-bar - barian Macedon were certainly anything but cultured gentlemen after the heart of an old Greek aristocrat like Theopompus.

Bacaro de Fiore - described as a half-taven, half-bar - specialises in just the wines of the Triveneto (that's the land immediately behind Venice covering the Alto-Adige, Trentino, Friuli-Venezia-Giulia and the Veneto itself).

We get about a half-bar of Sprint coverage in our kitchen, and that's it -- but the Katana II features the ability to force the phone to either Sprint or roaming service, and when forced to roam, we get about three bars of signal throughout our home.